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(1) OCD as Familial & Heritable:
- Do genetics play a role in OCD?
- OCD heritability risk from twin and family aggregation studies.
- OCD Risk for probands with childhood-onset OCD versus with adult-onset probands.
- Which gene has the strongest association with OCD risk?
(2) Risk of OCD with Structural Brain Abnormalities:
- Insult to which brain structure can produce OCD behaviors?
- Results of post-mortem studies.
(3) Serotonin Hypothesis & Efficacy of SRI:
- History behind findings that serotonin dysfunction causes OCD symptoms.
- Did studies find the serotonin hypothesis to be valid?
- Studies on the role of adjuncts to SSRIs in Partial or Nonresponders.
- Neurobiology mechanism of serotonin hypothesis.
(4) Glutamate: from Neurobiology to Treatment:
- Role of Glutamate in OCD treatment.
- Discussion of 7 medications with action on glutamate for OCD management.
(5) Learning Theory & Efficacy of CBT:
- Understanding Basics: Conditioned Stimulus [CS], Unconditioned Stimulus (US) and Conditioned Response (CR).
- Basis of Exposure and Response Prevention.
(6) Neurocircuitry of OCD:
- Which brain regions are affected in patients with symptomatic OCD?
- How do these brain areas change with treatment: (a) Medications, (b) ERP; (c) TMS; (d) DBS; (e) Neurological Lesions
- Understanding the basics of Cortico-Striato-Thalamo-Lortical (CSTC) loop.
- Which CSTC loop abnormalities are known to cause OCD symptoms?
(7) Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS):
- How is TMS device for OCD different from conventional TMS?
- Brain regions targetted with TMS.
- Role of dTMS & rTMS in OCD.
(8) Neurosurgery for OCD:
- Difference between Dorsal Anterior Cingulotomy and Anterior Capsulotomy
(9) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS):
- What is the exact target for DBS electrode for OCD?
- STN DBS vs VC/VS DBS.
- Role of Hyperdirect Limbic Pathway from CSTC loop.
JOURNAL CLUB 22
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Psychiatry Education Forum’s Journal Club is an additional feature for our Academy’s members. We are excited to announce the release of our new feature in the journal club:
This new Article Based Continuing Certification (ABCC) Pathway is an ongoing professional journal article-based assessment activity designed by ABPN (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) for physicians to meet their Continuing Certification program requirement.
In our journal club discussions, we are discussing these articles from this ABCC track in a clinically relevant fashion. This will help you answer the multiple-choice questions on ABPN’s website to get the credits for each article discussion.
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